Fresh Air volunteers are needed to provide a fun-filled summer for children from New York City.
Each summer, more than 4,000 children visit volunteer host families in rural, suburban, and small town communities across 13 states from Virginia to Maine and Canada.
Host families share their homes with city children and show them the joys of summertime outside of the city.
More than 65 percent of all Fresh Air children return to visit the same host families year after year. First-time Fresh Air visitors are 6-12 years old, and Fresh Air hosts range from young families to grandparents. All it takes is the willingness to welcome a New York City child to your community.
The Fresh Air Fund, an independent, not-for-profit agency, has provided free summer experiences to more than 1.8 million New York City children from low-income communities since 1877.
For more information about hosting a Fresh Air child this summer, contact Barbara Rockwell at 603-986-7342 or visit The Fresh Air Fund online at www.freshair.org.
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